Author's Note: Hey peepsies (don't ask)!! Here's a few more chappies to keep you entertained!! I'm sorry about the drink thing... I was in a weird mood when I wrote that. I was tempted to delete that part but ah.... Yeah... I was lazy... Enjoy!!

Chapter 11: Arachnaphobia Kills

"Kurt. I told you not to take advantage of her. She IS new after all."

"You never said not to take advantage of her. You said that if you caught her in my bathroom again that you'd punish me."

"So you were taking advantage of her?"

"Of course!"

Kurt smacked himself on the forehead.

"I mean no. I mean yes. I mean… maybe," Kurt responded, sighing.

Logan stood at a desk in a small library in the back of the institute. Kurt sat on the desk next to where Logan stood, waiting for Hank to finish working in the other room.

"I don't know Logan. I mean, I'm so confused. I think I like her, but I don't know. I think I like Keety too."

Logan sighed, then smiled and walked around the desk to sit next to him.

"Kurt. I think it's time that we had the talk."

Kurt groaned.

"Oh no. Not this."

"There are times in a boy's life," Logan began then noticed the small spider on the back of Kurt's neck.

"There's a spider on the back of your neck."

Kurt froze.

"Vhat?"

"Yeah. It's green and black. Hold still. I'll kill it for you."

Logan raised his arm above Kurt's neck.

"Uh. Logan? Do you think that this is such a good idea? Maybe I could just kill it myself."

"Ssssssh!" Logan hissed. "You'll scare it and it will bite you. It looks poisonous."

Kurt's eyes grew wide and he held perfectly still. Quickly, Logan's hand smacked the back of Kurt's neck, causing Kurt to topple off the desk, choking slightly. The spider, however, crawled down the back of Kurt's shirt, causing him to leap up.

"It's in my shirt! It's in my shirt!" he cried, dancing around. The spider dropped out of the back of his shirt without him noticing and scurried under the desk. Meanwhile, Kurt ripped the shirt off his back and shook it wildly.

"Is it gone?"

Logan had collapsed on the ground, roaring with laughter.

"OH VERY FUNNY LOGAN!" Kurt roared at him. "I COULD HAVE DIED FROM SPIDER POISON AND VHAT DO YOU DO? LAUGH, THAT'S VHAT!"

Logan sat up, eyes tearing from laughing too much.

"Aaaaaaah. But it was so funny watching you dance around. 'Vhere is it? Vhere is the spider?' It was great."

Kurt pouted slightly and put his shirt back on.

"Has Hank finished the vatch yet so I can go back to school?"

Logan stood back up and nodded.

"Yeah. Probably. See ya later, Elf."

Kurt picked the watch up and put it on his wrist, turning the hologram on as soon as he got to the work room Hank was in. He smiled as it covered his blue fur and yellow eyes. Then, he looked at Hank and asked, "Hey. Do you know vhere Alara vent? I vanted to say goodbye."

Hank shrugged and pointed to the door.

"She might be in her room. But don't stay too long. You gotta get to school."

Kurt nodded and bamphed out into the main hallway just as a black mouse ran out from under the desk and under the door of the library Logan was in. Logan jumped slightly and groaned.

"Oh no. First bug problems. Now rat problems!"

As soon as Alara got to her room, she transformed back into her human form and pretended to be reading a magazine Kitty had lent her. Suddenly, there was a loud "Bamph" in her room and she looked around the room, startled. She didn't see anyone in her room until Kurt's face appeared in front of her, only it was upside down. She tilted her head to the side and looked up.

"How do you do that?" she asked.

Kurt smiled.

"Oh, I dunno. I guess it's all part of being a mutant like me."

He flipped off the ceiling, landing in front of her, but he lost his balance upon touching the floor, and fell forward onto Alara. She fell backwards onto her bed and looked up into his holographically brown eyes. She smiled, but blushed furiously. Kurt looked around in surprise, but looked back to Alara. He then smiled, and blushed, but bamphed backwards so that he was standing in front of her.

"I uh," he began, clearing his throat, "I wanted to say goodbye since I probably von't see you until later. I have to go to school and get my extra vork. Logan said that he vould write me an excusal slip."

Alara sat up and smiled softly.

"So you wanted to say goodbye to me?"

Kurt nodded and scratched a false itch on the back of his neck.

"Well, I have nothing to do. I can come with you if you like," she offered.

Kurt smiled and nodded.

"I vould like that. If you don't mind, that is."

She stood up and grabbed a notebook from her dresser and a pen that lay on top of it. Then she walked over next to Kurt.

"Okay. I'm ready," she exclaimed.

Kurt smiled and instructed, "Hold out your hand."

She held out her hand, palm up and looked slightly confused. Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling come over her accompanied with a strong smell of sulfur. She blinked and she was back at the school holding Kurt's hand. She looked curiously at her watch. 3:00.

"It's almost time for you to leave. You only have fifteen minutes," she murmured, looking over to Kurt.

She suddenly noticed that Kurt had been staring at her the whole time. She turned slightly red and smiled awkwardly.

"Umm… Let's go to the main office. Maybe they got my schedule done early," she offered.

Kurt smiled faintly, but said nothing.

How could she like someone like me? Kurt thought. I'm just a blue, fuzzy freak. I need to get out of here before I seem like an idiot. She must think I'm a perverted mutant by now anyways. But if she does, then she lied to me. She must have been lying. No one could love… a monster.

Kurt looked town at his feet quickly.

"All right then," Alara murmured to herself more than anyone. She began walking to the office silently. Then she turned to say something to Kurt, but the familiar sound told her that he had teleported elsewhere. She looked down at her feet sadly and started walking back towards the office alone.

She reached the office just as the bell rang, letting the students out. She opened the door and stepped into the peach frog's office.

"Ummm… Miss Hinkley? I was wondering if maybe my schedule was finished earlier or if I should come in tomorrow."

The frog looked up at her as though she were some fly she could gobble up with her sticky tongue. Alara shuddered.

"Yes. Yes they did actually finish. Here it is," she ribbeted, setting the paper on the counter.

Alara picked it up and started looking it over. She smiled and thanked the secretary before walking outside towards the buses. Suddenly a hand landed on her shoulder. Alara spun around to find Kitty there, grinning.

"Hey. What, like, happened to you?" Kitty asked.

"Oh," Alara muttered, blushing slightly. "Nothing too major. I just got my schedule."

Kitty smiled and nodded.

"All right. Well, next time, tell me when you, like, run off, okay?"

Alara smiled.

"All right. Thanks Kitty."

"Come on. If we pester Scott enough, maybe we can get him to, like, buy us ice cream or take us shopping or something."